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Idriss Déby’s phrases at a gathering make folks bounce

A word uttered by Idriss Déby during his first campaign rally for the presidential election on April 11, Sunday at a stadium in Ndjamena, set fire to the powder. The opposition and civil society condemn a term in local Arabic that qualifies as "insulting" and cannot be properly translated according to them. The presidential camp is talking to him about a lawsuit about bad intentions.…

discomfort before CAF’s general meeting

The 43rd General Assembly of the African Football Confederation (CAF) will take place on March 12, 2021 in Rabat. This will lead to the election of Patrice Motsepe to the presidency of the CAF. Some unrest hovers in African football before this GA. From our special correspondent in Rabat,Patrice Motsepe smiles broadly, her…

In the inside track: assembly between the King of Morocco and an American-Israeli delegation

At the entrance web page this Wednesday morning, the assembly between the King of Morocco Mohamed VI and an American-Israeli delegation led by means of Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.Here is the conclusion of the normalization of kinfolk between Morocco and Israel introduced just a few days in the past. The delegation arrived on the primary flight from Tel Aviv to Rabat. "A brand new web page is open" At this time…

the meeting place for civic action “in the face of the autocratic press” in Africa

In Senegal, it is the end of the popular university for civic engagement, a major meeting with the "Afrikki" platform, which brings together militant civic movements from the continent and the diasporas. Their activists met virtually face-to-face at the Museum of Black Civilizations in Dakar to discuss "civic action in the face of the autocratic press" in Africa.…

Did the Madingou meeting create more questions than answers?

Only four months until the 202 presidential election. In Congo-Brazzaville, the political class met last week in Madingou (south) during a consultation to better prepare for this election. But the former finance minister, Mathias Dzon, describes the meeting as a failure and demands a "real" dialogue. For its part, the Convention of the Republican Parties (Copar), which brings together the political…

NPP virtual meeting due to pandemic

The presidential campaign has resumed in Ghana, following a seven-day national mourning ceremony in honor of former President Jerry Rawlings. But due to the Covid pandemic, few meetings take place in the capital. On Sunday, therefore, the ruling party NPP held a virtual meeting that spectators could follow via a live Facebook.…

adjournment of the crucial meeting on 9 November awaiting Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Africa will have to wait a little longer before it knows whether Nigerian Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will be the next director general of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The organization responsible for managing trade relations around the world has actually postponed the meeting on Monday, November 9, where members had to choose between the Nigerian candidate and the South Korean Yoo Myung-hee. The position of the United States in contrast to Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala complicates everything. The WTO is an institution in crisis,…